Radisys Corporation, a global leader of open telecom solutions, announced its
Edge Computing Software Platform. The new platform provides an
access-agnostic, ETSI standards-compliant Mobile Edge Platform with a
building-block framework and open APIs to enable disruptive edge
applications. It is based on Intel Xeon processor-based platforms and
leverages Intel's Network Edge Virtualization (NEV) SDK targeted at MEC
applications and services. Radisys' platform can be used with multiple
access technologies, enabling service providers to leverage a common
edge computing platform for both their wireless and wireline solutions,
and to break vendor lock-in from proprietary edge computing solutions.

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Service
providers are seeking to deploy edge computing in their networks to
support multiple 5G, smart enterprise and IoT use applications that
require ultra-low latency, such as connected car and industrial
automation, or localized content, such as video surveillance and
location services.

By
moving processing to the network edge, service providers can also
reduce backhaul costs, deliver a better end-user experience, and
leverage real-time network analytics to make more informed decisions to
manage their networks.

Current
proprietary edge computing platforms lock service providers into a
single vendor and access technology, typically requiring expensive
purpose-built hardware.

Radisys'
Edge Computing Software Platform is based on off-the-shelf general
purpose processors and platforms and is compliant with
industry-standards around ETSI MEC. By utilizing open best-of-breed
software components from a multi-vendor ecosystem and a disaggregated
architecture, the Radisys edge computing platform enables service
providers to break vendor lock-in and reduce cost of deployment.

The
platform design is completely agnostic to the access technology, so
service providers, enterprise or venue owners can deploy edge computing
for both wireline and broadband wireless access, including Wi-Fi, with a
complete end-to-end solution.

The
enabling solution is application-ready, providing all the elements
pre-configured for application VNFs to be initiated, orchestrated,
programmed and serviced as needed.

The
software platform hosts a P4 based data plane to enable user plane
functionalities, such as the User Plane Function (UPF) at the edge
delivering lower latencies.

As
a founding member of the Akraino Edge Stack project for edge computing
applications, Radisys is committed to enabling open solutions for
multiple 5G, enterprise and IoT use cases.

"With
multi-access edge computing, service providers can innovate and
differentiate their service offerings faster than ever and improve the
user experience as they look to grow their revenues, while taking
advantage of significant CapEx and OpEx savings associated with reduced
backhaul," said Neeraj Patel, vice president and general manager,
Software & Services, Radisys. "We have designed our open Edge
Computing Software Platform on the philosophies of open, standard
centric, access agnostic, and disaggregation - enabling our customers to
build networks of their choice. Various deployment topologies for the
edge, definitions range from far edge to near edge and everything in
between, can be targeted with Radisys' edge computing solution. We are
also proud to be founding members of the Akraino Project and plan to
collaborate with the Akraino community to help enable the ecosystem for
open source edge solutions."

"We
share a common vision with Radisys of enabling service providers around
the world to deploy the next generation of networks supporting 5G and
IoT," said Caroline Chan, vice president and general manager, 5G
infrastructure division, Data Center Group, Intel. "By utilizing Intel's
Network Edge Virtualization (NEV) and Intel Xeon processor-based
platforms for its Edge Computing Software Framework, Radisys is enabling
network transformation at the edge, and contributing to a strong
ecosystem offering innovative solutions that will accelerate the advent
of 5G."

"It
is great to see Radisys, a founding member of Akraino Edge Stack,
release a MEC-based solution that integrates both open APIs and open
standards," said Arpit Joshipura, general manager, Networking and
Orchestration, The Linux Foundation. "Radisys brings significant
expertise in delivering commercially-deployable open solutions, and
projects like Akraino - which enables edge computing applications for
use cases across telco, enterprise and industrial IOT - play a critical
role in the deployment these products."